Senior Programme Officer – Finance and Nature

Vacancy #: 7643, Unit: Business and Nature, Organisation: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Location: Headquarters, Gland, Switzerland, Reporting to: Director, Business and Nature Team, Work percentage: 100%, Grade: P2, Expected start date: 01 September 2026, Type of contract: Max-term (up to 24 months with possibility of renewal), Closing date: 05 July 2026

Responsibilities

• Portfolio technical basis, development and implementation
• Provide technical and scientific leadership to the ongoing development and adoption of IUCN RHINO, especially for financial and insurance companies through the Investor Impact Track (
• Evaluate and review emerging credit frameworks and schemes (e.g. IAPB, BCA, etc) and serve as technical lead towards ensuring that such schemes use metrics and approaches (IUCN RHINO) that deliver robust and significant contributions to the status of biodiversity and respect IUCN standards and policies.